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PROGRAMS
Musicians Mentoring Musicians
Authors Connecting
The Art of Masquerade
Artist Resource Center
Body of Vibration Dance & Theater
Spirit of the Arts Award
Award of Excellence
Stilt Walking
Voices
Steel Pan
The Art of Photo & Video
Tropicalfete’s Top 100 Countdown
Visit us online and support our mission
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Save the Date for our Tropicalfete Finale Dec 16th
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Creative Fun Day in the Park
Music Workshop – Tax Planning for ARTIST
Dance Parade
West Indian America Carnival Day Parade - Adults and Kids
Halloween Parade NYC/NJ
Authors Connecting
Caribbean Cultural Showcase
National night Out Against Crime
Hofstra University
Spring Fundraising Brunch
Summer BBQ
Fundraising Holiday
Fruit Cake Sales
Music Panel Discussion
Junior Panorama
Top 100—Countdown
Award of Excellence
School Cultural Programming : PS 135 & IS 392
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Thanks for Supporting the Arts
New York State Council on the Arts
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
Materials for the Arts
NYC Council Majority Leader Laurie A. Cumbo
NYC Council Member Alicka Ampry-Samuel
Barnes & Noble - Purchases made online or in stores using the ID 1235421 at checkout help support our projects.
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Tropicalfete Voices (Singing) 
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Park Slope Fifth Avenue Tree Lightning Small Business Saturday with NYPD
Tropicalfete’s Steel Pan Ensemble
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PROGRAMS
Musicians Mentoring Musicians
Authors Connecting
The Art of Masquerade
Artist Resource Center
Body of Vibration Dance & Theater
Spirit of the Arts Award
Award of Excellence
Stilt Walking
Voices
Steel Pan
The Art of Photo & Video
Tropicalfete’s Top 100 Countdown
Visit us online and support our mission
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Tropicalfete Award of Excellence 2018 Watson Mere
Tropicalfete, Inc. Award of Excellence this year will be presented to Haitian American Painter Watson Mere that did the iconic painting “My Brothers Keeper” of Martin Luther King Jr. and Donald Trump that took the internet by storm. His Art work has been featured on MSNBC, PRI Media, and Washington Post to name a few. The award will be presented to Mr. Watson on December 16th at Brooklyn Music School Playhouse Theater during Tropicalfete Final production for the year the Finale. Our event is a show where the audience become part of the entertainment, Tropicalfete Stilts, Steel Pan, Dance and Singing group will be performing. Also part of the entertainment cast is a live band and local artists. This is a free event for the community. https://www.facebook.com/events/251541118886456/
About Watson Mere: Watson Mere, an artist of Haitian descent with no formal training in art, has been creating art since he was a young child. Until age four, Watson experienced a delay in his speech and could not verbally communicate. His teachers introduced him to art in order to help him fully express himself. This was his beginning. When Watson was 11, he was introduced to the computer program, Microsoft Paint. This became his medium. Watson finds inspiration from the love, struggles, happiness, and pain of the people of the African diaspora. Each piece is designed to spark the viewer’s imagination as to interpret the work of art that stands before them. With the screen as his canvas and the mouse as his “brush”, Watson meticulously transforms social issues like race, poverty, and religion into extraordinarily rare and unique works of art. This is his passion. “I hope [my art] allows people to think. I want to inspire them – make them contemplate something. I want to give people something to consider that they don’t see on a daily basis. I want to help them think and use their imagination.”
Troipicalfete Award of Excellence honors the accomplishments and contributions of persons and/or organizations that have had a role in the development of the Community. The achievement of the awardees is significant on an international level where their work had a positive impact to the Community in the areas of culture, social, sports and economics. Past Awards were presented to: 2009 Mark “Mad Stuntman” Quashie – Artist – I Like To Move It 2010 Michelle Anglin – Play Writer – I Lost My Heart in Haiti – 2011 Patricia Meschino, – Journalist Caribbean correspondent for Billboard Magazine. – 2012 Diosa Joseph – Tropicalfete Member – 2013 Richie Richardson – Visual Artist – 2014 Reggae Retro – Longest Running Reggae event in New York City – 2015 Mervyn “Dr. Witty Carter – Calypsoian – 2016 Roger Meltzer CEO and Director of A&R Capsicum Records, LLC / Music Producer – 2017 Gentle Benjamin – TV Producer and Cultural Historian
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See You Dec 16th @ Tropicalfete Finale
 "Tropicalfete - The Finale Concert: A Free Musical Gift to the Community" is Tropicalfete's final concert each year. It will feature all our cultural art forms: our Steel Pan Ensemble, choir, stilt performers and masqueraders. In addition, there will be performances from live bands and various artists with music ranging from pop to soul to classical to zouk, chutney to reggae and calypso to highlight the Caribbean flavor.
We will also be honoring someone in the community with the Tropicalfete Award of Excellence for his/her contribution towards the arts.
This event is hosted by Tanisha
CAST of ARTIST COMING SOON
This is a cultural experience for you to enjoy!
Thanks:
Councilwoman Alicka Ampry-Samuel-41st District, Brooklyn
Council Member Laurie Cumbo
Materials for the Arts
New York State Council on the Arts
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
See You December 16th 2:30 pm Sharp
Brooklyn Music School Playhouse Theater
126 St Felix St, Brooklyn, New York 11217
(Between Lafayette Ave and Hanson Pl)
Public Transit
2,3,4,5, B, M, N,Q, R to Atlantic Ave. - Pacific St.
#pan #steelpan #Caribbean #music #culture
Join Tropicalfete!!! Engage in any of our culltural programs - Dance, Stilts Masquarade, Steel Pan, Arts, Singing.
Email for more details info@tropicalfegte.com
https://www.nycharities.org/give/donate.aspx?cc=3302
Every donation makes a difference! Your donation will give us the oppertunity to continue to produce quality cultural programing for the community. Your Tax Deductible donation will keep Tropicalfete Inc. on the front lines in our mission “Developing the community in the area of arts and social services with the focus on educating the community on Caribbean culture.
Tropicalfete's Voices
Tropicalfete’s Steel Pan Ensemble
Tropicalfete’s Stilting Unit
Tropicalfete’s Body of Vibration Dance & Theater
Tropicalfete’s Masquerade production
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